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? WI TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. ?iii'.;, . NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Ki, 188?. VOLUME XXXIII. NO. 13. ^^^^^^ ^^^^ 11 ^ I Ul! I?SI^FII ?l 1? Neuralgia, ^Sciatica, ' ^Lum?affO^ ^ Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and . Sprains, Burns and Scalds, j General Bodily Pains, I Tooth, Bar and Headache, Frosted Feet 9L and Ears, and all other Pains BR ant/ Aches. ?H^o Preparation on carin equals ST. JACOHS On. us B^JWa/'. ,MIIV, si,>!)>/?. noil cheap External lU liu-ily. A trial entails but tho comparatively Iritlhltf <>ii(lay pf 50 Outs, mid every (ino Milli riiur willi pall! cnn linve cheap ?nd positive proof ol' its claims, L.,. JMmrtloMS lu Eleven Languages, BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND MALERA IN MEDICINE. A^VGGS&EXg, <& CO., lialtimorc, Md.. XT, li. Jt? ', ppS^TOj^n^nfinnn'' >'.?.? ii'-oi^O ' $ cnodbyttioVtriluai V 7 {? ? ,'t ' i. 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I ii/nOif, IITM-AIIOFM J'IH an ntiiolnl-- { ?of (ho stomach, ;? r?nTS ?jnnil li-icsisla-H ?totrW?, M<n></, ,3 HI I libio ?ur it torr ?idyr orii?i'tr.i I 71 A*-V * ,<1 r:i:iWn il nj ,(,' ? Von will !>.? ol.I Slusoof 0|>lum,t B Kyounroslni- jj*; Uli I Lim j toMiiydniR.l ?|? won lt lind n ,._. jlclsls. Hi-tutr.-r.' ?foW8i.lrltiil.try iv NEVER ! Clrculur. I ?ti lt may ? } nor nirrna I ?on vo your R LA ll J wrrreus fl II I fe. ft hno 11 PA IL np(" co'? H ?8r.v?d hun-|l ; j ttetiiottr,N. Y,ll April 7, Ubi ??l?.]y . -J M..-l.rjr.VJ Applcj joli yields the government a ?0V0 mue of about 850,000 a your (ALWAYS UlCFItEsit INO. - A delicious odor is m port cd by l'loi eslon Cologne, M hieb is ilwnya refreshing, no ina'.ler how freely used. -.?.?.. A pupil in history was asked il.o manner ol |eal li met by Lat ?mer, who, il will he renient' fred, was burned nt tho sis I.e. She replied: Jil o died by overheating him: ell'.'1 A Western editor, in r?ponse tn a subscriber (rho grumbles tbnt bis morning paper waa in? olorobly damp, says: ..?liut is because (hero i so much due on it." i A fleeted young lady, in a rooking chair read kg tho Bible, exclaimed, "Mother, here is n lumnatical error in Ibo liihle!" .Mol her, Ivering lier spectacles and approaching the %der in a very sci ulini/.ing attitude,I says: lill it! kill it! ll is the very thing thal lins ealing thc leaves ami boole marks." Jon. C. I- Walker, neting under iiifilrue. from ijovernor 11 agouti, bus taken [al possession of the Citadel Academy /hal teston on behalf of thc Stale. will soon bo taken to put thc linga in order and reopen thc Acad Itown hos been localed at. Dom's Mine shristcned McCormick, in honor of tho who owns tho Bite and Ibo mines. (hains ou tho Augusta and Knoxville oad aro running regularly to that anti I li o people of that vicinity take Iry cheerful view of tho futuro The s aro being worked profitably und ional machinery will soon be employed. will of Harris M. Baldwin, of ric, New Jersey, was probated on Ibo instant, by which he bequeathed OD to tho American Baptist Missionary tty, 810,000 to Hamilton (New York) ological Seminary,? 810,000 to bester Theological Seminary, $5,000 to South Baptist Church of Newark, !'00 to tho American Baptist Home Bionary Society and 80,500 to other re wa institutions conueetcd with the list Church. WonD TO MOTHERS.-Mothers should ?einher it is a most Important duty al this son to look after tho health ol thou fa ml" nm! cleanse tho molal in ?ind iniptn hies ni theil' sys te im. und t li it I nothing will tone tho stomach and liver, regulate thc bowels I purify Mic blood so per Cecily as Parker's Jiger Tonic, advertised in our columns. pt. Seo other column? plie was a Itoslor. woman, lull, thin, with (se curls und n sour visage. Beside her sat husband, n little, meek, demure looking '?, who seemed i noa pablo ol' boldness of ?ch or action. Presen I ly the guest al the lt cud of thc labio bawled al tho (op ol' his o, '-Wailer, fetch Ibo vinegar inn I." The lure looking mah (urned lo her und said, Vey, somebody wants you." A Hundiod Yoars to Como. Whore will bo thu birds that sing A hundred yours to oome? The Howers that now iu beauty spriug, A huudrcd years to como? Tho rosy lip, Tho lofty brov, Tho heart that beats So gaily now O! whero will be love's beaming oyo, Joy's pleasant smiles and sorrow's sigh, A hundred years to come? Who'll press for gold this crowded street A hundred yours to como? Who'll tread your church with willing feet A huudrcd yours to come? l'aie trembling ?go And fiery youth, And childhood with Its brow of truth, Tho rich and poor, on land and sea, Whero will thc mighty millions bo A hundred years to come? We nil within our graves shall sleep A hundred years to come! No living soul for us shall weep A hundred years to come! I Wit other men Our hinds will till, And others then Oltr ?streets will lill; While other birds will sing ns gny, As bright tlie sunshine as to dity, A hundred years to come! [From tho Allants Constitution.] THE GERMAN CARP. HOW TUE NEW INDUSTRY I? I'ltOOKKSSINCI. Gut PFIX, CA., February 1, 13S2. ..Hello! What mo you doing up then?" "Sawing oil" these broken limbs, dou't you see?*' Thia answer to my question came from Mr. Abel Wright, whom 1 saw up among the thick branches".'of a weeping willowtree in tho* middle of his pond, sawing away with all his might, clearing tho pince of the debris caused by tho great freeze of Inst Monday night. There were few trees in this section that did not succumb to the weight of thc iee, and these beautiful wil lows that formed the summer's shade for game and swarthy c up, bending mme than they were wont, broke und disfigured their usual graceful appearance, "Wei!, hurry up und como down," 1 said when I grew ti little im pa lieut ut last, "li's cold down here and 1 want to ask you some questions about your pond and tiloso countless fish they soy you have in there." When he had finished another limb tint almost took him overboard as it sunk down, he descended ami said he was ready for my probe. "If imply wanl to hoar your story about German Carp and your success in raising them here in Georgia. Are you sure of success from your present stock of informa tion about them?" "Undoubtedly. Now, I'll answer your question in thc most practical way. As far us my individual success ut earp raising is concerned, thoro onn bo no possible doubt on that point. 1 stinted some three year.-, ago wit li two or three dozen fish and now I pr< sumo there must be in my pond here moro than a million. lu fact, 1 cannot see how they could bo osliuiutcd, 60 cxhaustless seems the supply." "When did your breeding fish begin to spawn?" 1 asked. "hast April. 1 wat. unable to sec tho egos, but being finn in my belief that they would spawn that month, 1 had kept n constant watch and one morning I was ic wnrdod for my patience by seeing thousands of tiny little fellows not as long HS one's (inger tittil, swarming along tho banks in tho shallowest water. I told ?ny friends ?bout it and they flocked down in largo numbers to see the fish." "Did they grow very fast?" "Well, you could n?most seo them grow, in three weeks they wera over an inch long and in two months or less, I hud commenced to ship them, from two to four incites in length. The ones that first hutched aro now seven, eight und nine inches long. Dut here's u letter from Mr. J. W. Wood, ol' Greenville, S. C., which shows that fish 1 shipped him last June from tho same spawning havo outgrown minc a great deal." 1 look the loiter and found it dated November 10, 1881. Mr. Wood says tho carp procured of Mr. Wright livo and u huit months ugo, then very small, ore now from fourteen to cixtccn niches in length, nnd that anothor lot receiv.d July 16th uro twelve inches long. '.This would seem to argue," said Mr. Wright, "thutthe fish thrive betltcr when removed from tho fostering euro of their mothers and fathers, Perhaps there's truth in this, but 1 cannot say. Mr. V/ood feeds his earp well nnd thut moy havo something to do with it." "What do cup thrive best on?" "I fofttl mino on stale broad und crackers mostly, with oceusionul bits of beef liver. J>ut they like almost anything. They aro gram invernes nnd not carnivorous und th.y will eat anything that n hog will eut. Their food is procured nt the leust possible expense when it is necessary to feed them nt nil. Ititi not always necessary, but 1 do it ns much as n matter of personal satis faction ?s anything else They will easily subsist on fungus or any kind of vogetublo mutter that may happen to bo growing or is placed in tho waler. 1 have lilied my pond with water lilies and lined tho banks with nil kinds of grasses, so that they never ? go begging for .something to cat. I guess j Mr. W MKI! must give his plenty of liver to . make them grow so rapidly." "llavo you shipped inuuy of your fish?" I "Yes, indeed. Altogether, 1 have sold j over 5,000, at twenty dollars per huudrcd. I I 1 have scut them into lire Stutcs already, I and have orders constantly ou hand. Now, ; to duy, 1 have a huudrcd ready to send to Mr. D. Peacock at Ellar-1 ville, (Ja. Ii you would like to seo a list! of thc ponds 1 have stooked, hero they are, noarly fifty in all." 'Puking thc list I found it contained tho following gentlemen, who hud bought from twenty livo to livo hundred young oarp to stock their pouds: Dr. William il. Durham, Athens, Ga.j S. A. dray, Waynesboro, j Ga ; William M. ?Simpson, Washington Gu.; Colonel L. W. Wulker, Suspension, Alabama; P. ll. Coleman, Uniou Springs, Alabama; Jumes M. Spurlin, Spulding county, Ga.; E. B. Plunket, Atlanta, Gu.; G. \V. Itagsdale, Dallus, Ga.; T. L. Shar muo, Thomaston, Ga ; J. W. Wood, Greenville, S. C.; Colonel II. G. Ewart, llendersonville, N. C.; D. II. and W. S. Glenn, Westminster, S. C.; Dr. lt. lt. Thompson, Oedurtown, Go.j II. C. Murk sley, Greenville, S. C; T. Josee, Wash ington, (ia ; H. Sutnnieroui, Warsaw, Ga.; William Williams, Villa Rica, Ga.; ?I. M. Uamriok, Canollton, Cia.j A. Co?v,er, Orango City, lila ; Goorgo C. O?pc, Savait i..ih, Ga.; William Hell, Spalding county, Ga.; D ]J. Cline, Greenville, S. C ; W. A. McDaniel, Granville, S. C.; J. J. Neely, Mowmuu, Ga.; J. M. Ficklin, Washington, Gft.j C. ll. Liiuieuti, Greenville, S. C.; lion S. A. Towns, Muyor, Greenville, S. C.; J. M. Palmer, Coonee, Ga.; J. T. Lindley, Powder Springs, Ga.; George ll nish, lieu orford, Kia.; lion. J. T. llcndcrsou, La? Grunge, Gu; E. M. Cobb, Toccoa, Ga ; D. Peacock, Ellarvillo ,Ga.j lt. E Lawhou, Atlanta, Gu.; Andrew Ficscher, Titusvillc, Flo.j Mrs. D. MoCruny, LiG runge, Fla. I make tho list thus explicit and full just io show tho outiro scope of Mr. Wright's work. "I um never without orders for my fish," continued Mr. Wright, "and lately have had a pressing demand for breeders. Hut just at this season catching the old otlOi is a hard task; 1 might call it an impossible one, for they ?imply cannot be caught. In warmer weather 1 would hu vc MO difficulty bagging thom with a uet or oven hauling them ashore with a hook." ''1 have heard that carp will uot bile at a hook, is that trUcH '.True! No, not ono word of tc. I have jerked out a number from thia very pond, but it tukoma strong hook aud a stout line to do it. Thc carp is ouc of tho gamest lisli that swims the waters, and a ton pound fellow would be ubout us much us ono mun would want to pull against. It was ull I could do to get a live, pounder ashoro not long ugo, und 1 hud lo lose several big hooks and two or throe heavy lines before the job w:;s accomplished. Pull. Why a Spanish mackerel is considered tho gamest of all fish, but I'd match ouo of my carp against any mackerel that ever tackled the merry New Etighiudor's muscle. Lust summer some young mon went out to Mr. Mills's pond, nour Griffin, and ono of them had U line eight dollar fishing rod .snapped in twain by a carp about twelve inches long. Ho was g?lten entirely out of tho water, but jerked so terribly that three feet of tho rod went buok into the pond with him, "Whoo anybody intimates that carp oauuol bc caught with a hook just send them to mo, will you? They won't bite anything in such weather as this, but when tho days get warmer como down und I'll let you have a pull." "New, if you'll come this way, I'll show you how I catch tho Halo fellows I ship." Walking around on the opposito side of the pond from where we stood, 1 noticed Mr. Wright stop suddenly and fool along tho planked edgu of tho wutcr for a string. It was gono, but catling a boy to bring a rake, ho proceoded to fish up an old-fash ioned turtle basket, such as tho nogroos have used on our Southern meeks for generations past lu whioh to cntico thc shell bnuks with a pieoo of rabbit leg or chicken. '.You don't catch earp in that do you?" 1 asked when he brought tho baskot to the surfaoo. "Yes, I do, and it's tho best thing I have ever found. You Bee, I tunk it to the bottom mid that's where tho ourp all stay this kind of weathor. No mutter what kind of weather you placo them io, they lose all BOMBO of everything but gruvity, und Hop at once to tho bottom. Of course 1 menu in cold weather. Put them in a titi can and down they go first thing. I don't know whether I have any at this haul, but will seo in a moment. Yes, hero arc a few, anyhow. I'll send theso to my Ellarvillo customer, Mr. Peacock, unless you want a few to send to tho Constitution." Counting them out ho found there were just forty B?X, all told, but of course, nil little fellows, varying from four to eix indies in length. The first spawning aro getting rather shy now and are hard tc catch. However, ono of tho second, ot June spawning, was in tho basket, n pretty ono, of the soalo variety, about .sevon inohos in length. Mr. Wright hos lound that it will not do to ship this size, as they almost invariably die on tho road. Only thc smallest uro good for shipping. I have neglected to BJy that the fish eon ti ti ned tr hatch ull lite summer up to August, anti this accounts, of course, for the grout va riety of sizes. Taking the ones caught in tho basket wo wont buck to tho opposito bunk HIM! there, io a square box sunk undor thc mouth of thc trough that feeds the pond tho forty-six found companionship will ; about live hundred others flint, were road y ' to bo sent away. Mr. Wright always keep! I this box well lilied with shipping si/.o mit when ho pulled it up and let tno have a peep, there seemed no euoli thiug as count ing them. Noticing thut somo of thc carp were di?Tcrout I uioutioncd tho fact and Mr. Wright explained it us follows: "There aro throe kinds of onrp, tho carp proper, called by tho Gormaus, 'odclkarpfoti;' soo oiidly, tho loather carp, or Medunkarpfen,' from Bohemia, which hos tho most dolicious flavor of tho three varieties; and lastly, the mirror oarp, or 'spcigelkarpfon,' also from Bohemia. Tho oarp proper has a suokor , mouth and lives by suotiou; it has twoiv rows of soulos between tho neutral a- i dorsal (ins; it is of a golden olivo br .vu color nbovo and yellowish beneath. Tho mirror carp is so culled bocauso it bas ouly three rows of scales from hoad to tail. Thcro ia tnthing Uko it in Atncricau waters, and it is almost dazzlingly beautiful wheu taken fresh from tho water with its broad bronze scales or mirrors flashing ia thc sunlight. Thc senlo oarp, or carp proper, has small fino scales. Tho latter carp has j?3t ono row of dark scales along tho back nnd all thc rest of tho body is a smooihc leather-colored skin. "I havo found that carp have to bo well attended to und properly trcutod. l'ruotical experience bas taught mo more thau all tho published works on carp in christendom could. Next year I propose to show some praotioul results from my poud in tho way of marketing my fish. 1 shall uot bo sur if I do not sell a few thousand tho oomiog spring aud summer. I think thoso ouc year old will be largo enough for table use. At any rato, 1 can only wait and try tho scheme. If it works, if tho fish sells to our hotels und to tho pcoplo, I'll consider that ? havo mado a lucky hit." I see no roasoa why Mr. Wright should feel at all uneasy about thu sulc of his fish for tablo use. Lust summer he caught a large six pounder cud presented him to ino to have cooked. I took his oarpship and hud hi m baked nt a restaurant. When served L thought 1 first detected tho flavor of shad, but later 1 discovered that it was not so delicate as thc shad, though possessed of enough good tasto of its owu to sottlo beyond a doubt that it was not only good but really inviting. 1 sent part of the cooked carp to several leading citizens of Griffin and received messages from every ono of thom that it was iu every way suitable as a good tablo tish und ono that thc mosses would certainly Uko, I believe this is, or was thc first carp over catcu io ibo Stute, cud I hopo it will put asido ali doubts about its not being iu every way a valuable table lish. I am euro I was thor oughly satisfied aud pleased to lind in it a fish HO free from bones and possessed of so much to recom me nd it for general uso. In Clor tn a ny, as is well knowu, it is tho most popular fish in tho kiugdoui, and iu Merlin ulone, over 500,OOO arc annually sold. Carp and beor is a favorito dish there, so there must bo no truth iu tho statement that thc lish lacks iu dclicuoy of flavor. I lind it will luke another letter to fully describo some of tho modes of making and arranging ponds for tho best caro of cup. Mr. Wright's, I consider, tho model poud of tho South, aud in my next L'll givo n description of just how ho hus ac complished what it cont lined in this ofl'u sion. There aro few industries that promise moro pleasing results than earp raising. Their rapid growth seems to bc tho uoost marvellous thing in connected with their history, und being peculiarly adapted to Southern waters, wo ought to oiicourugo tho enterprise Peoplo away from thc sonboard iu the Southern States havo ouly salt oodj fish, mackorcl nnd a few others and thoy will or should givo a glad wcloomo to tho carp. C. T. L. Orango Culturo in Florida. I J. A. Marshall in Homo and Farm.] Micanopy, from whoro I wtito, is in Al ach UR county, ono of tho central coun ties of this Stnto, about twelve miles from Gainesville, tho county ?cat, and four miles from Orango lake. Tho most extensive wild groves in tho Stato border this lake; .'most of them, however, nrc now buddod with sweet buds and in full 'bcuring." lt is surrounded in ovory dirojlion by exten sivo hammocks aud lukes of pure, fresh water teeming with fish, and measuring in ciroumforcnou from two to ton miles, with suflioiout depth to accommodate small steamers. Mionnopy itself is a thrifty little villugo with a population of f)00, several churches, ti lino school, a Masonic Lodge, four stores (which do a thriving business, tho surrounding country being rioh hum mock lands, nnd oupublo of furnishing bu siness for a towt? of considerable size,) blacksmith and wagon shops, arid nil tho other necessary appurtenances which go to make up u town. Tho most'intorostiog feature of Micanopy however, is its orango groves. All of thc residences aro on acre lots, nnd thoso lots contain from sixty to one hundred orango trees, immy of thom in full bearing, mid some thirty yoars old. Within its corpo rate limits aro 117 aorcs of orango trees, not ull yet in bearing, and wero it not for its wide und commodious streets a visitor would almost imagine himself lost in a for est of orango treos, so completely hidden uro many of thc houses by the rioh green foliage. Many of tho citizens of this pretty and picturesque villago uro Inrgely interested iii orango groves in thc immedi ate country adjoining. Within a radius of three miles there aro over GOO acres of or ango groves in various stages, from several years to full bearing. Micanopy oan truly bo said to bc in thc heart of thc orange bolt, and orango trees dono bettornnywhere in tho St ito, as (heir size, richness of foli age and fruitfulness will attest. In tho early spring tho air is redolent willi thc perfumo of orango blossoms, and tho nights arc full of thu music of mocking birds. ID Icokiug around ooo cannot holp seeing that in tho ucar futuro chenu will bo a rich und hnppy pooplo. Tho most luxuriant grovos hero nro planted upon good hummock lnnd well drained, and no day within several feet of tho surface. Throo year old trees oro pro? fei i ed, if a sweot scolding grove is desired. ThcBO can generally bo bought fur twenty iivo cents. Tho distance preferred hero be tweon tho trees is 30x30 feet. This gives about forty niue trccB per noro, or '-for couveuieuoo" say fifty. They aro set out in spring, sum m er or fall. Thoro aro per sons who inako a business of this, charging 25 cents per troo to set out and supcrinteud them until they live, or got over tho effect of transplanting, replacing any trees that dio ut their owu expense Most persona hore plaut vegetables among tho young trees, for tho Northern markets, and follow them with cow pous. It is dcsirublo to keep tito land pcr?ootly freo from grass and weeds, aud frequently stirred lightly; deep plowing is not desirable. This frequent ou I ti vat iou makes tho expense of culti vating orango trees. I think, however, that 820 per acre will cover the cost. Aftor tho grove is in bearing tho cost of cultiva tion is not more than ono half this amount, if so muob. Tho grouud is then so much shaded that grass aud woods do not grow BO vigorously. If planted upon good ground aud well cultivated, they will begin bear ing, some in five, and tho balance iu seven J Cars. This muk?s them from eight to ten years old from tho seed. It is ? vory long lived tree; somo in Europe aro known to have attained thc ugo of hundreds of yours, lt also grows Urger than the largest upplo trees ol tho North. At tou years two or three boxes might bo reasonably expeotcd; as it grows older ibero is a steady increase, and 5,000 oranges would not bo an extra ordinary crop for n trco fifteen or twenty years old. Orango culture to any great cxto?t is quito recout tu Florida. Now it has ut tniaod SUoh magnitude that it id OXp03tod that beforo many yours this Stato will bo able to -supply tho entire demand of tho United Slates. Tho fruit is acknowledged by judges to bo tho finest in tho world. Almost uuy man of reasonable amount of industry eau tuukc enough to live upon while he is cultivating his grovo. Indued, 1 oiit> rcfor any ono to tncu who have made considerable moaoy planting carly vcgotablcs among tho trees. Tim lauds aro not nil rich in Florida. A poor man will havo au up hill task who undertaken to bring on au orango grove upou laud that requires con stant fertilization. I do not deny that it eau bo done, but I, for ono, will not advise it. There aro plenty of rioh lauds in this aud other sections of the Suto. I estimulo tho cost of a live noro grovo cs follows: Cost of land-say 825 per nero ?125 00 Cost of clearing ?md fencing, $25 per aero 125 00 Cost of threoyoor old soedlings ut 25 oeuts per tree, fifty to tho uoro 62 50 Cost of planting, if hired done and insured 52 50 Cost of cultivation, if hired, say 820 per acre for sovon years 700,00 Total at tho end of seven years $1,075 00 I venture to assort, without fear of course, that tho possessors of such n grove, even should it havo oost a few hundred inoro, would not tako per aoro whut tho whole grovo has cost him. I know a gout loman of this village, Dr. A. II. Mathers, who Bold from his town lot of a little moro than one aoro, 81,250 worth of orangos at tho third your's bearing of his grovo. Just thiok of it, a very handsome ioooino from uno acre! lt strikes mo that were these foots goo erally known that capitalists from different parts of tho country would look into tho matter. I hopo they will not, for as it stands uow it is a business for mon of mod ?rate means. What proventu any man with a small capital from ooming boro and doing what Dr. Mothers has dono? Wo have a delightful climate; our summers aro long, but not nearly so hot ns people bo liovo. Thoro aro plenty of Northern mon in this neighborhood, who do hard work all tho summer, and they claim with moro cuse than thoy could during tho samo BOB SOD North. Railroads aro bciug projootcd find built, traversing the Stato in every di rection. Mr. Valor's road across from tho Atlantio to thc (Juif; the Florida Southern, (rom thc St. John's Uiver via Guinesvillo to Macon, (Ja., and South to Charlotto's harbor, running within thrco miles of this piuco; also a Soulhern brunoh of Mr. Ya ler's road to Tampa, crossing a portion of Orango Lake, giving pcoplo on tho ubove named hike transportation via the steamers on it. There are many other roads being built in other sections of the Stato, but 1 nm confining myself to this particular scott"". Whut prevents men of means who tire eu gaged in active business North of us-from loooking into this mutter? Tho vicissitudes of mercantile life oro too well knowo-"90 per oont of failures." Why not start a live or ton aero grovo herc and dood it to your wife, so that in caso of death you will leave your widow a better legaey than a life insu tunee policy; or in oasc of failure in business, ? comfortable support in your old age? This oluss of uv iced not come hero to work their groves in porson; they could spend a month or two in winter lime pleasantly enough if they wished to, but ibero aro plenty of onest men hore, who for a con? sideration, would be glud to look ufcer and intend to tho details while tho owner was Luukiiig money North. If tlicro ia aoy ooo, lifter roadiog this let ter, who wishes further iu format iou regard ing this section of Florida, or moro uiiuuto inquiries regarding orango culture, I will gladly give such iuforinalion ns 1 possess. ? will Btato that I am not in any way inter ested io tho salo of a foot of land. A Wondorful Dwelling, Captain Martin Vim lloren Dates, who lives on a farm near Seville, O., is 7 feet 1 li indies high and weighs 478 pounds. Mrs. li?tes is 7 feet ll inches high and woighs 413 puuuds. ll is a difficult matter to couvcy an adequate ?dca of thc propor tions of such a dwelling as the one occupied by thc Ohio giants. A. door that is sis feet six iucl.es high is u largo sized open - ing in tho Bide of u house-that is, a dwelling house, not u cathedral. But tho doors io tho domicile of thc Bates giants arotenjfoct high, atd ihc knobs arc nearly as high as thc reporter's head. Tho house was built by Captain Bates iii 1S7G, and ia elegantly furnished. lu tho main buildiogon tho ground floor arc, besides tho spacious hall, ibo bed chamber of the giuuts, a sitting room and a parlor. Tho oouoh upou whioh the bit; couple sleep was mado especially for them, and it is a curiosity too look at. Jt is extensivo euough to give tho great people room to strctoii io, and it looks ns big as au ordi nary sized lloor. It is really ten feet long, wide in proportion and about twice as high as u common bcd. Thc magnificent dress ing case ia also a hugo affair, with a glass upou it nearly ns big ns thc side of a house, lu thc siltiug room is a piano of ordinary sizo itself, but it is mounted on blocks two feet high, so that thc instrument is away up in tho air, out of thc reach of common folks. There aro two rocking chairs in this room that oro so big that thc reporter had lo ul i mb up into one of them thc same us an infant would clamber up into a "high chair." lt is very expensive for the gi? ants to live, as they have to pay such au ex. horbitant price for everything they wear. For instance, il costs thc Captain S-JO a pair for boots. lt is a most astonishing sight to sec tho two giants out for a drivo. City folks who tiavo sccu thc ponderous wagons with wheels reaohing to tho second story of u house, used to haul stones weighing tons iud tons, cnn form an ?dca of tho vehicle used. It is pulled by six stout Norman horses and it is enough to tnako u mun think ho has got 'em, sure, to suddenly meet suoh a spectaole on the roud out in tho country. Passing wagous have to let :hc rails down and drivo iuto thc adjoining Holds until tho giants go by.- Cincinnati Enquirer. Henry Borgh on Strong Drink. Mr. Bargh, who stands ot tho head of jcnovolcnt men, has this to say of tho salo ind U.1C of intoxicating drinks: "If there bc a personal devil in this vorld ho is hero, I think, in the form of ?mu. Kum, or anythiug elsa that steals iway tho human souses, is tho instigator of ill, in which long oataloguo stands oon ipiciously, murder, robbery and wifo-bcat ng.' When onco this liquid iiro ia taken nto tho system tho wrotohed slave of that lomon is ready for auything and I would told him who furnished ibo devilish poison equally responsible with thc perpetrator for vb.'it ensues. 1 seo no difference in tin uan who commits murder and lie who pro rides the material. Both aro accomplices, ind both should suffer aliko. Let tho laws >c administered in that spirit and io liss han six months tho number of rum shops ind distilleries would bo diminished ono~ lalf at least. I havo had tho courage-somo call it mpudonoe-to odvoonto whipping thc man vho boats his wife or any oilier female of ho human race. I will go further and do lare that, in my opinion, if to cvory ten um shops there were to be found a con-? ouiout, well-appointed whipping post loar at hand, where tbo fellow who makes person drunk and ho who gets so, would ie takon and there rcooivo a doso of thirty ashes, well laid upon their bare backs, thc umbor of Buffering wives and children could bo reduced to a minimum." European Statistica. Statistics laid before the Congress of irewcrs which met nt Versailles, show that boro aro Itt iSuropc nbout 40,001) breweries, Vilich prodnco annually nearly 2,250,000, )00 gallons of malt liquor. Croat Britain ilone produocs n third of tho entire quao ity, or, to bo exact, 780,017.002 gallons. Prussia comes next with 818,070,008 gal ons, Bivaria, 200,707,002 gallons; Aus rin, 246,076.168 gallons; an.i France,. 155,980,000 gallons, lt will thin be sccu .hut thc Tcutonio nations ore eminently tho. acer produouis, as they aro also tho princi pal beer drinkers; where wino is to bo had icnrly ns ohoap ns beer, tho malt liquor is mt preferred. The proportion in whioh jeer is consumed varies very inuoh. lia? i-nria heads tho list with 6-1 gallons per load per annum, or rather over one gal lon n week. Belgium is next with 30 gal ons, and langland is about the same, namely li) pall?os-i< Cf something over a hnlf a gallon per head per week. In Germany, DXOludtog Bavaria, tho nvcrago consump tion is 10 gallons, and from this a great liop follows, to 0 gallons in Scotland, and iii in Ireland, where whiskey is preferred., Austria consumes only G gsllons of boer pee ll?acl, and Franco only 4. A correspondent of tho Seneca Journal nominates Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken for" Gov? amor.